Tag Archives: Authentic Self

Chasing the Tadpole

The tadpole is a mysterious, elusive creature. Secrets and change are deep within its body. Bright, shiny, and smooth with the newness of life and its very existence.  I used to watch them as a child with wonder, curiosity, trepidation and excitement as it went through its cycle of growth and existence. It embodied myContinue reading “Chasing the Tadpole”

Questions Which Fast Forward a Relationship

Getting to know someone as a potential friend/ partner/ life mate is a process that can and should occur over months. We may, however, get an initial feeling or rush instantaneously. We want to be a friend/partner immediately. We want to spend time with this person. We want a forever situation. We may even place thisContinue reading “Questions Which Fast Forward a Relationship”

My Father David

I excitedly sat in my Abnormal Psychology class at Baruch as my professor explained our new assignment. I am giving you all a questionnaire to fill out based on your interests and personalities. Once I have analyzed them, I am assigning you a personalized book to read based on your answers. Before even exploring the worldContinue reading “My Father David”

Who Are You?

Have you ever met someone and spoken effortlessly for hours as if you’d known them all of your life? The conversation was easy and endless and the commonalities obvious. Have you ever been in a situation where it was difficult to find a common ground no matter how hard you tried? Did you strain toContinue reading “Who Are You?”

Love is Blue?

The other day I was driving to my dental appointment while listening to my favorite 60s station. I was immediately transported to a different time and place when the instrumental version of “Love is Blue” by Paul Mauriat came on. There were many versions of this song- everyone of them tugged at my heart. TheContinue reading “Love is Blue?”

Boomer-Ang-Wish

                                                        What Just Happened? Covid hit us over the head like a predator devouring its prey. It goes without saying that people in every single age group and circumstance were affected emotionally, physically and financially with the exception of the very young. We were, at first in denial and then in shock. We were inContinue reading “Boomer-Ang-Wish”

The Authentic Self

Finding Yourself I grew up in the 1960s and 1970s.  In my teens, everyone spoke about “finding myself” or “searching for myself.”  What did that term actually mean? They spoke of traveling to different countries for that search. Of course, I learned we were all like Dorothy, in The Wizard of Oz with our rubyContinue reading “The Authentic Self”